Eastern Orthodox Church1. A cleric ranking below a bishop. 2. The head of a monastery or a group of monasteries. 3. Used as an honorific title for an unmarried priest.
ETYMOLOGY:
Late Latin archimandrta, from Late Greek arkhimandrts : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Late Greek mandra, monastery (from Greek, cattle pen).
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s : Greek arkhi-, archi- + Late Greek mandra, monastery (from Greek, cattle pen).
